Derek Hobson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Derek Hobson (born 23 March, 1949) is an English TV and radio broadcaster and journalist. He was best known as the original host of ITV's New Faces[1] which he presented from 1973 to 1978; a total of 164 episodes. He introduced, among others, Lenny Henry, Victoria Wood, Debbie McGee, Jim Davidson, Les Dennis and Michael Barrymore to a weekly Saturday night audience of more than 12 million viewers.
Hobson was also a continuity announcer for ATV in Birmingham and was one of the presenters of the regional news programme ATV Today.
After leaving ATV, Hobson co-presented Not For Women Only,[2] a regional magazine programme for TVS with Jill Cochrane who worked as a features reporter. He also presented and co-created the format for the game show That's My Dog for TSW which ran for four years on the ITV network from 1984.[3]
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